Fortnightly Challenge -- Oct 17 thru Oct 30 -- Topic: Favorite Photos

[mtbdudex]

I really like the diversity in the shots posted here, so many great images; Pets, Forest, H20, People, Architecture, etc.
Looking at how others compose their shots helps my mindset when I see similar situation.

Here is my fav wildlife shot taken this past July with the 55-250 kit lens, EXIF data in the photo.
In bright daylight that lens takes pretty decent shots, though here I had to dial ISO400 to get 1/125 @ f5.6....

btw, I'm sick at home with mild flu, so resting and loading/processing images.....all those things you can't seem to get done in day-day grind.

 

[someoldguy]

Cool shot. I thought it was the Pacific NW till I read it was in New Jersey. Looks like somewhere Pdxflint would shoot. Very pretty though. I might would darken it up just a little. Maybe with a polarizer or something.

Thanks... maybe next time I get up there ( most likely in the summer) i'll try a polarizer. Here's one for today , at the Cloisters in NYC , 2 summers ago.

 

[Designer Dale]

The old wooden church in Elbe, Washington. I like the light on this one.



Dale

 

[fcortese]

Ravello, Italy

 

[JDDavis]

I really like the diversity in the shots posted here, so many great images; Pets, Forest, H20, People, Architecture, etc.
Looking at how others compose their shots helps my mindset when I see similar situation.

Here is my fav wildlife shot taken this past July with the 55-250 kit lens, EXIF data in the photo.
In bright daylight that lens takes pretty decent shots, though here I had to dial ISO400 to get 1/125 @ f5.6....

btw, I'm sick at home with mild flu, so resting and loading/processing images.....all those things you can't seem to get done in day-day grind.

OK, so the shot would probably brighter, sharper and less noisy with a $6k lens but I think it's a great picture. For me it's perfectly composed and you got a great shot of the deer. A very classic wildlife shot. You must've still been pretty close to get this even with the 55-250.

Hope you're over the flu. Good job staying home. I wish more people would do that so they wouldn't spread the bugs.

 

[JDDavis]

Thanks... maybe next time I get up there ( most likely in the summer) i'll try a polarizer. Here's one for today , at the Cloisters in NYC , 2 summers ago.

If you happen to use Aperture 3 you could also try the polarizer brush. It works pretty well for knocking down bright sunlight.

 

[Keleko]

I like this one because it ended up being a candid photo. I was working on composition with the glass and acorns, and my kitten was curious of what I was doing. I was using my iPhone 4 for testing out the idea, and when he wandered up to the glass I took this picture. When I converted it to sepia it just really stood out to me. This ended up being my picture of the day for my 365 Project.

 

[mtbdudex]

OK, so the shot would probably brighter, sharper and less noisy with a $6k lens but I think it's a great picture. For me it's perfectly composed and you got a great shot of the deer. A very classic wildlife shot. You must've still been pretty close to get this even with the 55-250.

Hope you're over the flu. Good job staying home. I wish more people would do that so they wouldn't spread the bugs.

Thx Jeff, I'd even be happy with a $2.5k lens, the 70-200 L MkII for these shots in the future...

Yes, I saw the deer in our front yard wildflower field, walked barefoot along the driveway so slowly to get close for this shot, at the very end of the driveway I spotted him/her hidden among the wildflowers, I was about 40-50 feet away.
(this is latest Google map image, abound May-2010, the wildflowers not up)

another wild critter, a fox caught June-2010 in our backyard with same lens, 55-250 kit.

 

[someoldguy]

Leafcutter ants , from a couple of years ago in Belize...

5D , 100mm macro , iso 400 , f22@1/200 , 430 EX mounted remotely on a stake